Lack of carving in the South-west, 181 Lacrosse, 327 Ladders, 197, 226 Lamp, 169, 274; of Vancouver Island, 275; wick, 276 Landa’s alphabet, 50; legacy, 78 Language, classification, 17; roots, 18, 25 Languages, number of, 20; polysynthetic, 32 Laōlaxa costume, 406 Law of hospitality, 354, 447 League of the Iroquois, 421, 425, 449 Legends, 393, 403, 405 Leggings, 134, 143, 144, 148, 150 Lenapé houses, 206 Length of year calculated, 305 Limits of ancient inhabitants, 437 Linguistic map, 33 Long-house, 200, 210, 414 Loom, 124, 131, 132 Lost-Tribes-of-Israel theory, 53, 63, 401, 403, 429 Louisiana costume, 140 M Main points of Iroquois organisation, 425 Maize, 358 Makah house, 213 Malignant sprites, 405 Man always the same, 315 Manatee pipe, 173 Mandan costume, 144 Manner of dying, 356 Mantle of fur, 137 Map, Central-American ruins, 436; linguistic, 33; Mexican ruins, 438 Masks, 165 Mats, 147 Maxtlatl, 136 Maya, alphabet, 50; books, 77, 82; buildings, ground plans, 238; chronicles, 408; chronology, 242, 307; greatness, 242; house, 246; numeral system, 83; numerals, 86; paper, 77; parchment, 77; war and rain gods, 190; week, 306; writing, origin of, 78; year, 306 Mealing stones, 194 Medicinal remedies, 373 Medicine-men, 371, 372 Mendoza codex, 72 Mesa Encantada, 408 Messiah, the, 399 Metates, 181, 191, 194, 272 Method of attaching arrow-heads, 265 Methods of the fur companies, 363 Metlatl, 272 Mexican, bronze tools, 299; costume, 134, 136, 138; hardened copper, 299; houses, 238; knowledge of metals, 299; mining, 299 Mezcal, 360 Michabo, 396, 399, 401 Midē, society, 401; songs, 58 Migration theory, 428 Milk not used, 360 Mining, 285; by fire method, 285 Misconceptions of the Spaniards, 421 Mississippi valley, houses, 205; pottery, 106 Mitla, 209, 246; roof construction, 230 Mnemonic records, 48, 59 Moccasin, 134, 142, 145, 150, 159, 369 Modoc houses, 215 Moki, hair dressing, 150, 151; house plan, 220; loom, 130; method of watering crops, 335; putchkohu, 268, 270; reservation, 447; sacred blanket, 130; throwing-stick, 268, 270; women’s costume, 150